Things Fall Apart Chapters 5-6 Quiz

Things Fall Apart Chapters 5-6 questions

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1. During the New Yam Festival Okonkwo accuses a wife of killing a banana tree. What follows?
   He beats her, then goes out with his gun · He refuses to eat the food she has prepared · He sends her back to her father's compound · He makes her replant the tree the same day
2. Why does Ekwefi take such pleasure in the wrestling matches?
   She had wrestled against other girls as a child · She left her first husband for Okonkwo after one · Her own brother once led the village team · Her daughter was named after a famous wrestler
3. How is the last and greatest match of the wrestling day decided?
   One contestant is carried off with a broken arm · It is abandoned when the drummers are exhausted · One leader lifts the other clear and throws him · The elders stop it and declare the two men equal
4. What do the drums contribute to the wrestling scene?
   They warn the villages that a war party is gathering · They signal the arrival of the masked ancestral spirits · They mark the hours so that the contest can be timed · They give the match the pulse of the village's own life
5. What does Chielo's exchange with Ekwefi before the match reveal?
   Ezinma's fragile health is a shared village concern · Chielo intends to take Ezinma as her own daughter · Chielo expects Agbala to summon Ekwefi herself · Ekwefi has quarrelled with the priestess over Ezinma

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